Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the thyroid cancer patients
Characteristic | Type | n | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age |  < 55 | 339 | 67.26 |
 >  = 55 | 165 | 32.74 | |
Gender | Female | 368 | 73.02 |
Male | 136 | 26.98 | |
Stage | Stage I | 399 | 79.17 |
Stage II | 77 | 15.28 | |
Stage III | 22 | 4.36 | |
Stage IV | 6 | 1.19 | |
T stage | T1 | 144 | 28.57 |
T2 | 167 | 33.13 | |
T3 | 170 | 33.73 | |
T4 | 23 | 4.57 | |
M stage | M0 | 496 | 98.41 |
M1 | 8 | 1.59 | |
N stage | N0 | 272 | 53.97 |
N1 | 232 | 46.03 |